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Is a harpischord a reed instrument?

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12y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

No, it is a stringed instrument, a type of keyboard instrument; one of the many precursors to the modern forte-piano. Its strings are layed out, similar to a piano, but the strings are not struck with a hammer, they are plucked with a quill.

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